Vanessa Buvens
Professional Fundraising Consultant.
Vanessa has been supporting ONERio since 2018, having met founder Rob in Rio and caught the "UMRio" bug. Inspired by the project’s goals, philosophy and amazing young people and volunteers, she has been committed to helping the organisation grow, increase its impact and visibility ever since.
Using her knowledge of youth-led programming and fundraising, and experience working with a variety of international Child Rights NGOs and social enterprises over the past 10 years, Vanessa leads fundraising efforts and strategic relationships to ensure sustainable foundations to UmRio's growth. She also works closely with both UMRio and ONERio to advise on organisational development ranging from donors relations, strategy to operations.
After being based in Brazil for 2 years Vanessa is now based in Brussels, were she supports a range of projects at the intersection of youth, justice and migration.